BODILY SENSATION AND MENTAL INSIGHT – AN INTERVIEW WITH HANNAH JANE WALKER

Posted on November 25, 2022 by Norwich Radical in Arts, Perspectives and tagged arts, books, Carmina Masoliver, Caroline Bird, elaine aaron, hannah jane walker, highly sensitive people, highly sensitive person, hsp, interview, theatre.

by Carmina Masoliver

Hannah Jane Walker is the author of The Power of Feeling Sensitive in a World that Doesn’t, which was released earlier this year. I know Hannah as a poet and theatre maker who created a show about being a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP). The term, coined by psychologist Elaine Aron, refers to people who score highly on sensory-processing sensitivity. This often appears as increased emotional sensitivity, stronger reactivity to both external and internal stimuli, and a complex inner life. As a fellow HSP, I contacted Hannah to interview her about the book and being an HSP.

THE PROBLEM WITH ‘FEMINIST’ INSTAGRAM

Posted on January 31, 2021 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged Carmina Masoliver, cecilia nguyen, chnge, feminism, feminist, Instagram, itsfeminism, jacob castaldi, march, sam sedlack, social media, tanner sweitzer, womxn.

by Carmina Masoliver

In December, I found out that the Instagram account, simply titled ‘feminist’ is run by two cis-gender white men: Tanner Sweitzer and Jacob Castaldi.

Accounts like ‘feminist’ become popular by reposting relevant content from others without creating their own. This means they have more time to simply put out more content. The focus of the account revolves around it being relatable to their target audience, and so part of the responsibility also falls with us as the audience, to make sure we follow the tagged content creators, supporting them rather than simply ‘liking’ posts, and interrogating who is behind such popular accounts when that transparency isn’t there.

REWRITING THE DICTIONARY – PROFESSIONAL VS SEMI-PROFESSIONAL IN THE ARTS

Posted on July 4, 2020 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged artist, Carmina Masoliver, classism, creative, creative practice, daniel piper, edalia day, featured, fiction, finance, jack faber, myriam san marco, Natalie Cooper, paula varjack, poetry, professional, rachel sambrooks, Reece Lyons.

by Carmina Masoliver

When I was asked by a friend to think about the difference between being a professional artist and a semi-professional artist with regards to my own practice as a writer and a poet, the distinction between the two seemed – to quote author Daniel Piper – arbitrary and unnecessary. The word semi-professional is not something that has been in my vocabulary, because my ideas of professionalism go beyond the dictionary definition of these two words.

TIME & TIDE: STORIES AND POEMS FROM SOLSTICE SHORTS FESTIVAL 2019

Posted on June 13, 2020 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged Arachne Press, barbara renel, Carmina Masoliver, cherry potts, diana powell, featured, festival, fiction, holland magee, holly blades, julie laing, kate foley, math jones, paul foy, poetry, review, roppotucha greenberg, sarah tait, solstice shorts, solstice shorts festival 2019.

by Carmina Masoliver

The Solstice Shorts Festival is an international festival held on 21^st December of each year, and includes short stories, poems and songs. In 2019, it was held in seven port towns across four different countries (England, Scotland, Wales and Portugal). The theme was ‘Time and Tide’, with performers sharing work about making a living on or beside the water, and making new lives over the water. Arachne Press funded the event, along with 50 crowd funders, Arts Council England, Aberdeenshire Council, and Literature Wales. The press is directed by Cherry Potts, who edits/co-edits all the anthology. She also runs the festival connected with this book, and is one example of just one of the independent feminist ventures that makes up the live literature scene in the UK.

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF A DRESS BY EMMA LEE – REVIEW

Posted on June 3, 2020 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged Arachne Press, arts, book review, Carmina Masoliver, Emma Lee, featured, poetry review, The Significance of a Dress.

by Carmina Masoliver

Clothing, fashion, and perhaps particularly dresses, are often seen as insignificant. Arguably disregarded due to its feminine associations, any artistry is often deemed lesser than other forms of art and creation. With The Significance of a Dress (Arachne Press, 2020), Emma Lee explores the female voice through various characters’ stories, taking the reader from refugee camps in Iraq to suffragettes in Britain. Whilst it is often presumed that poetry is autobiographical, perhaps Lee’s experience as a short story writer informs her desire to take on others’ voices, including those who may be voiceless in order to present the personal as political.

VAULT FESTIVAL 2020 – TOP FIVE SHOWS

Posted on April 23, 2020 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged arts, Carmina Masoliver, chloe green, chloe petts, featured, jodie mitchell, lgbtQ+, mitzli rose, mitzli rose: mexican wave, performing arts, review, shelf, sian clarke, sophie duker, sugar coat, the lol word, the sian clarke experience, tom glitter, vaginismus, vault festival, work.txt.

by Carmina Masoliver

I previously wrote about Madame Ovary, which set the bar for me when it came to deciding my top shows from this year’s VAULT Festival. Aside from this, here are five more shows that hit the bar for me.

VAULT FESTIVAL: MADAME OVARY

Posted on March 28, 2020 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged cancer, Carmina Masoliver, featured, madame ovary, performance, review, rosa hesmondhalgh, vault festival, wildchild productions.

By Carmina Masoliver

tw: mentions of terminal illness

It’s that time of year again, and we’re now coming towards the end of it. VAULT Festival, now in its eight year, has opened up the tunnels of Leake Street and surrounding areas to bring even more shows than ever before.

RUPI KAUR – POET OF THE DECADE?

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged arts, Carmina Masoliver, featured, nayyirah waheed, poet of the decade, poetry, rumaan alam, Rupi Kaur, Warsan Shire.

by Carmina Masoliver

Naming one poet as the ‘poet of the decade’, or writing lists of poets to watch, can arguably be an arbitrary act. But, the naming does inevitably draw more interest to those poets as we consume the easily digestible content and assume that it must have some bearing on those who made it. As a poet myself, I have seen many lists (looking for my own name as well as potential feature acts for my show, She Grrrowls), and most of these lists do offer some great poets to watch. However, the number of people considering poetry professionally is inevitably growing, and there are always going to be extremely talented poets that don’t get the recognition they deserve.

THE VAGINA MUSEUM REVIEW

Posted on November 20, 2019 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged arts, Carmina Masoliver, feminism, florence schechter, vagina, vagina museum.

by Carmina Masoliver

The mission to create the Vagina Museum began two years ago, when its founder Florence Schechter stumbled upon the Icelandic Phallological Museum, dedicated to the penis, yet could see no equivalent for the vagina or vulva. It’s thanks to crowdfunding and support from Camden Council that the museum now stands amongst the market, blending in discreetly with its surroundings, its doors wide open and welcoming. There is a fantastic shop to explore alongside the museum itself, where you will find vulva badges, cards, accessories and more.

KISS MY GENDERS REVIEW

Posted on September 13, 2019 by Norwich Radical in Arts and tagged art, Carmina Masoliver, drag, featured, gallery, gender, hayward gallery, kiss my genders, non binary artists, non-binary, review, trans.

by Carmina Masoliver

The existence of the gender spectrum beyond the simple male/female binary is now more visible in mainstream media and popular culture than ever before. And whilst life for non-binary and trans folks is still difficult, even dangerous, there seems to be more cultural awareness (if not sensitivity) about various trans identities within cis circles. In the Hayward Gallery’s Kiss My Genders exhibition, this visibility of the gender spectrum takes centre stage.

Carmina Masoliver

BODILY SENSATION AND MENTAL INSIGHT – AN INTERVIEW WITH HANNAH JANE WALKER

by Carmina Masoliver

REWRITING THE DICTIONARY – PROFESSIONAL VS SEMI-PROFESSIONAL IN THE ARTS

TIME & TIDE: STORIES AND POEMS FROM SOLSTICE SHORTS FESTIVAL 2019

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF A DRESS BY EMMA LEE – REVIEW

VAULT FESTIVAL 2020 – TOP FIVE SHOWS

VAULT FESTIVAL: MADAME OVARY

RUPI KAUR – POET OF THE DECADE?

THE VAGINA MUSEUM REVIEW

KISS MY GENDERS REVIEW

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